Bella's POV
Amelia is finally ready to come home. It's been a long couple of weeks practically living at the hospital but my baby is fine and ready to come home.
"I got all her stuff Bella, you just have to sign the papers and we can go." Jake tells me as he packs up the rest of her bag. She accumulated a lot of stuff in two weeks.
Jake and I are back to where we should be. He's not trying to control me and I'm not trying to shut him out.
I sign the papers the nurse brought me and pick Amelia up and we are out!
Unfortunately that means I really have to think about going back to work. Even though everyone is saying I don't need to yet I need the money. Jake is even offering to pay all my bills for a couple of months but I can't do that. I don't want to depend on anyone.
When we get home Sam is waiting for us.
"Sam!" I run up and hug him. I haven't seen him since I haven't been to work. "How's work? How's Paul? I can come back soon."
He laughs at me and my rambling. "Work is good, Paul is mopey and you can come back whenever you feel ready."
"I need the money. I think maybe next week?" I confess my real reasons for wanting to come back so soon.
"Of course, if you want you can do reduced hours. Oh and here's a check for the time since you've been out." He hands me a check with the full amount as if I was there.
"I can't take this Sam."
"You can and you will. We didn't hire the temp so I can afford it and you need it." I tell him thank you and try not to cry.
"How are you doing?" He asks. "Is Jake being good for you?" And I laugh because he makes Jake sound like a kid or a dog.
"Mostly. He hasn't been so moody since Paul stopped hanging around. I don't know what I did to him. It won't be weird having me back there with him will it?" I haven't seen him since he left the hospital a couple of weeks ago.
"Don't worry about Paul, he'll be fine once he stops being an idiot and you didn't do anything." He tells me and I start crying and I don't really understand why but he hugs me and holds me close and mumbles something about Paul being stupid.
He stays for a little while talking to me and Jake and playing with Amelia. He's good with her, I can't figure out why anyone would dump him. I'd be all over him if he wasn't so old.
He gets ready to go and I tell him I will see him next week.
As soon as he leaves I turn on Jake.
"I want to know what's going on with Paul and I know both you and Sam know but I figured Sam wouldn't tell me but you will. Because it's not an option. So spill it now." I demand.
"Paul needs to tell you." He stalls.
"No! You need to tell me. Now." I'm getting really mad.
"Fine! He likes you Bella. Really likes you. Probably even loves you. And Paul's not like that. He's not good with love and women. So once he figured out he had actual feelings for you he ran. Just like I knew he would. And I don't even think you realize it but you love him too. You've been sad and mopey and you don't smile like you do around him." He snaps.
"Um I think I would know if I was in love Jake."
"Who did you think about when you saw Sam?"
"Um Paul."
"Even though you think Sam is the hottest man you've ever seen." He laughs when I look up suddenly. "Yeah, Paul's a gossip remember? And who do you think of every time you see the stuffed cat Amelia is in love with?"
"Paul. But he gave it to her!"
"She got tons of gifts in the hospital. How many of them remind you of the person that it came from."
"Just that one and the blanket you bought her. So am I in love with you too?" I ask him sarcastically.
"No but you love me and you know it." He tells me moving closer and looking right into my eyes. "Last question, who do you fall asleep and wake up thinking about?"
"Amelia." I answer and it's the truth, maybe not the whole truth but still.
"And?" He waits.
"Paul." I whisper.
"So there you go." He lets go of me and walks away.
What the hell just happened?